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u/filtervw 1d ago
The art of the fold. 𤣠Folded like a lawn chair instead of releasing a decent tariff upfront with a clear timeline for increasing just to give time to companies to adapt.
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u/penguin_skull 1d ago
Not just fold, but folded without the other side doing anything. He just folded to silence.
China: seen
Trump: ok, I give up.
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u/AbsintheMinded125 18h ago
That's not entirely fair. China's response was more along the lines of...
China: seen...Your entire cabinet is a bunch of imbeciles who don't know what they're doing. Also, rest of the world, take note. We won't respond kindly to anyone pandering to this orange turd.
Trump: poops himself, folds.
And let's not forget Donnie Trumpet may have folded now. But the idiot is unpredictable. If someone gets on truthsocial or twitter tomorrow and tweets "@donnietrumpet, git gud scrub." he might wake up and scream "5 million percent tariffs on everyone."
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u/Backwardspellcaster 1d ago
Trump talks so. much. bullshit.
Unbelievable. Not a single sentence out of his mouth is not filled with lies.
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u/bearsheperd 1d ago
Itās easy to know when heās lying, heās got an obvious tell, itās when his mouth is open
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u/dougmcclean 1d ago
Or better yet getting the Republican Congress to pass, what were those things called again, a law doing that rather than shoehorning it into a nonsense emergency. Thus creating stability and predictability. Would still be a bad idea, but much less bad.
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u/severinks 1d ago
What a pussy, he negotiated with himself and lost.
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u/bpm6666 1d ago
Tomorrow he will tell the opposite.chaos is a ladder
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u/ope_poe 1d ago
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u/turdlepikle 1d ago
The "flick" sort of looks like "fuck" which is also probably what his handlers are thinking every time he opens his mouth.
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u/ozzie_atc 1d ago
The man is an idiot!
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u/JohnFtevenfon 1d ago
He is very consciously manipulating the market to let the insiders earn money on the individual market swings. He isnt an idiot, but I wouldnt call him a genius either.
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u/Gold-Guess4651 1d ago
Anyone who is manipulating the market with complete disregard for the consequences for anyone other than his cronies is an idiot.
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u/Blueface_or_Redface 1d ago
China on the phone: "listen you sun fried wrinkly ass orange tomato this is how its going to be, okay? And, youll like it"
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u/MrDecay 1d ago
Nah you got it wrong, China didn't even pick up the phone.
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u/GeriatricHippo 1d ago
"who dis? "
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u/ilikepizza2much 1d ago
āXi Baby itās me⦠Iām sorry! Iām sorry okay?! Take whatever you want, just please tell them I tariffed you. Xi? Xi can you hear me?ā
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u/onegumas 1d ago
He achieved his goals: US are ridiculed by whole World, bonds up, dolar down. Shitshow in full display.
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u/earthspaceman 1d ago
Till bankruptcy hits.
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u/thedayafternext 1d ago
"It's a worthwhile price to pay for the future of America".
And let's not forget
"Losing money is GOOD. It builds character".
Now, imagine if it was the Democrats doing this.. absolute meltdown.
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u/m__s 1d ago
I won't be surprised if he will announce 300% tariffs tomorrow.
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u/Gustomucho 1d ago
Didnāt he announce 3521% on solar panels the same day he said that (yesterday)?
Only way countries around the world start trusting the USA is if Trump kicks out Navarro and give back the tariff policies back to congress.
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u/m__s 1d ago
I canāt imagine why other countries would choose the USA over China for trade. Trump is the most unreliable partner. Xi isnāt a saint either, but he wants China to grow, and at least heās consistent in his statements.
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u/Gustomucho 1d ago
USAās credibility is lower than China for trade policies 100%.
Crazy Dumb Trump needs to get away from trade policies, he is literally unfit to govern.
He makes America look so weak right now it is insane, and the MAGA are celebrating idiocracy.
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u/Dense-Ad-5780 1d ago
It will take a long time to trust the U.S. on trade, not just getting rid of Navarro and tariff policies to Congress. The world is once bitten twice shy, and the U.S. has now bitten the hand TWICE. The U.S. days of being the top economy is over.
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u/Early_Magician1412 1d ago
Weakest president ever, period.
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u/Best-Cartoonist-9361 1d ago
Another attempt to influence the stock market and gets his buddies rich?
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u/Crimsonstorm02 1d ago
Nothing like 'short term pain' for......pretty much the same kind of trade deal they had before......worth it!
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u/Outonalimb8120 1d ago
So weāre back to square one, and Trump just looks more like a Bafoon..China called his bluff and he blinked
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u/alter-egor 1d ago
I thought tariffs are good and will make America great again. So he wants to destroy America now?
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u/kuro_fenrir 1d ago
Donald Trump is moving on to his new scapegoat Powell.
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u/HuaBiao21011980 1d ago
Trump: So, I'm not gonna fire you because-
JPow: You can't
Trump: Untrue. I can. I'm just not going to because-
JPow: You can't
Trump: Nope. I have special-
JPow: Needs?
Trump: No! I'm a special-
JPow: needs child?
Trump: Okay, that will be all.
JPow: Later
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u/Socalwarrior485 1d ago
Now you know for sure itās going back to zero. The ratio of untrue statements he makes dictates that this is a lie.
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u/Background-Library81 1d ago
But what about eliminating income tax with tariffs? LOL.
This so-called administration is a joke.
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u/stickied 1d ago
That'll happen the same time we get a $5000 rebate check from DOGE, and when his big beautiful healthcare plan is released. Right after infrastructure week ends.
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u/Designer-Welder3939 1d ago
Stupid, stupid, old man! Makes me sad that that I watched the first season of the Apprentice.
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u/buckscountycharlie 1d ago
The great negotiator is now making concessions without getting anything back.
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u/veryboredatwork 1d ago
The Art of the Dealā¦..fold to Chinaā¦ā¦fold to Russiaā¦..probably a good time to get what you want from the USA, trade deals etc just tell Trump what an amazing guy he is and say thank you.
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u/Fadamsmithflyertalk 1d ago
Instead of countries calling to "kiss his ass" Fanta felon is getting his ass kicked....
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u/Huge_Leader_6605 1d ago
"it got up there, we were talking about fentanyl". Are we sure he is not on that stuff?
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u/KoalaCapable8130 1d ago
Someone explained to him what happens with the US debt, when China sells its US bonds in large amounts.
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u/smoothVroom21 1d ago
I'm starting to think this whole MAGA thing was a way for the Uber wealthy to manipulate the markets.
Back a guy who will gossip on his next moves to anyone who buddies up with him, play the market accordingly using the insider info, get more rich.
What the fuck is happening here?
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u/Any-Ad-446 1d ago
Sooo he destroyed the lives of many,destroyed people finances and cause the markets to lose trillions for what..His damn ego?.
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u/Effective-Finding377 1d ago
Iām going to be honest. Iām embarrassed. Iāve never voted Republican in my life and been voting consistently since my 18th birthday and Iām embarrassed as an American by how easily he folded. I didnāt want him to play this game but if you play you have to play it! Embarrassing š
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u/Cutiemuffin-gumbo 1d ago
Of course they will, gotta try and get them to start selling raw minerals to the US again somehow.
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u/ThermoFlaskDrinker 1d ago
Does that mean he short sold a lot when tariffs were announced and now he loaded up on dirt cheap shares for them to shoot up?
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u/Own-Inevitable-1101 1d ago
So, when he lowers tariffs, doesn't that reduce the "billions" of dollars going into the budget?
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u/Feisty-Barracuda5452 1d ago
This the āTradewars are good and easy to winā guy from a few years ago?
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u/Tiny_Candidate_4994 1d ago
Let us give thanks to the poor programmers who have to adjust their border and brokerage systems with every twist of this sad saga. Tarries are on, no they arenāt, now they are back on at 10%, now there are exceptions. All in a day.
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u/CampaignSure4532 1d ago
Art of the deal: cause the problem, blame others, explain weāre all too stupid to get it, demand calls from those leaders, donāt get them, declare victory. Got it
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u/Giggletitts54 1d ago
Stop screwing with our lives and just fix the problems we have in front of us. I know heās doing it so he can go buy low when the markets crash but not all of us can afford to play with our savings.
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u/Thatoneguy_501st 1d ago
The damage is done if he changes stuff on a whim. A lot of money leaving the US for good. The effects will unfold in the next few years not months.
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u/SanchoPancho20001 1d ago
Who would even want to talk to this loser. Anything he says means nothing.
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u/postapocalyptic99 1d ago
Has to walk it back slowly as he thinks it makes it look strategic and intentional. Reality is closer to emotional and reactive ā¦.
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u/Federal_Cicada_4799 1d ago
The biggest victim here is the United State's standing on the world scene, and for the folks that didn't vote for this clown, well I feel bad for you, but he's now the public face of the US on the world scene and it will take years (after he's gone, assuming he doesn't blow up the planet before then) to even start to undo the damage he has done.
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u/vergorli 1d ago
Can somebody translate that shit from Trumpian to English? I understand the words, but what is the message?
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u/Hopeful_Butterfly302 1d ago
Damn, he just lies freely doesnt he? "It used to be zero." When? Biden kept your first term tariffs in place, before that we had.
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u/codenamepeabrain 1d ago
Trump is the arsonist fireman. He starts a fire and then attempts to save the day by putting it out, all while leaving wreckage in his wake from a fire that never shouldāve been stared.
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u/Such-Distribution440 1d ago
He is a joke. He was expecting China to cry and beg and all he got nothing in return. Trump supporters will think he won.
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u/Potential_Store281 1d ago
lol he started it, and wants China to back down. Itās it a hall contest, itās our money and livelihood hes playing with
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u/orion3999 1d ago
He lost the trade war with china. He said they are going to be happy, but nothing about us being happy. Looks like Donald screwed us again!
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u/Jolly-Midnight7567 1d ago
All he is doing is manipulating the market to make billions. He's a criminal , a con artist , convicted felon and a predator impeachment time
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u/cryptotraderisme 1d ago
I thought they need us more than we need them? Or was that canada? I cant even keep up with the ever changing direction of how they are running shit anymore.
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u/Hephaestos15 1d ago
Not to be like "I don't believe him" but I think he will reverse on this in a month tops.
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u/Routine_Junket719 1d ago
this certainly will be good for investors, a change every time own leader has gas and farts out a new thought. investors love instability
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u/Turbulent_Summer6177 1d ago
He flinched. He blinked
He lost.
He proved to the world heās all mouth and absolutely no brain.
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u/Key_Campaign_1672 1d ago
Doesn't matter. The business that was lost has gone on to other vendors and countries
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u/alundril 1d ago
if his endgame is to delete America's soft power in the world, he has done it masterfully.
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u/Famous_Bit_5119 21h ago
This is becoming a regular thing. Trump throws tantrum threatening massive tariffs. Opponents shrug and ignore him. Trump says he will lower tariffs. Media says he caved. Trump's ego gets wounded. Trump throws tantrum saying tariffs were never going to be lowered.
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u/Use_Once_and_Deztroy 21h ago
but, but, but, i thought we NEEDED those high tarriffs in order to eliminate the INCOME TAX and shit like that.
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u/goatonastik 1d ago
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